The Watchlist - 2025 Edition

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Dot point version

1. NOD, Warner and Lynch to Hall, Dudley and JHF
2. NOD to Hall
3. NOD and Stone to Hall and Dudley pending subs

[Bully]

Dot point version

1. NOD, Warner and Lynch to Hall, Dudley and JHF
2. NOD to Hall
3. NOD and Stone to Hall and Dudley pending subs

I like version 1, really good time to jump on JHF, I'm considering next week.

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I feel like it's the best version on paper as well. Gets a crap score off field from Lynch/Warner/Stone and gives me a keeper. A productive use of my trades for once

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I should have kept Warner

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Round 5

Score: 2141
Rank: 19,188
Round Rank: 42,253
Cash: $33,200

Trades

NOD > Hall
Warner > Dudley
Lynch > JHF

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Good: Bice, Trainor, Holmes, W. Ashcroft, L. Ashcroft, TDK, JHF, Smith, Daniel, SPP
Pass: Sheezel, Bowey, O'Sullivan
Bad: Zorko, Roberts, Prior, Neale, Trac, Oliver, Knevitt, Hall, Xerri, Macrae, Lindsay
Ugly: Ryan, Moraes, Stone, Dudley

What an awful week, I have a few major problems and I don't know if I try and fix them or just ride them out. The two obvious issues are Ryan and Neale. Ryan compounded the issue by being subbed off in the 3rd quarter.

Xerri has been a disaster since I traded him in, I was better off sticking with Meek but I panicked after his 2 early great scores and bit the bullet.

Dudley was a bit of a flop since he was the sub. My gut said he would be, but to get JHF using the 3 'rookies' I had to make that move. Lynch ended up getting subbed anyway so it was a solid trade in the end.

I'm going to have a look at BE's before I look at trades, but Luke Ryan is one I think I have to move out. Gross and Cleary are the two standout rookies this round as well. I am thinking I use my 2nd last boost to get it done

[Colliwobblers]

Well, that's three in a row for Trainor so he's fairly safe to field. I'm looking to get on Ryan at some point, didn't realize he was subbed, he might be carrying something?

Hopefully there is an injury and at least then the decision is taken out of your hands. Xerri is definitely carrying an injury.

Probably Ryan to Nick with a rookie downgrade.

Lindasy 64, Davidson 60, Knevitt 43, the highest BE's you have

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I'm just glad to be getting the Trainor cash gen, even if I haven't had him on the field through any of these scores haha.

So I have a bad history owning both Ryan and Neale. I traded Ryan into my team in 2021 after he was averaging 106 for him to average 87. I then started him in 2022 and he averaged a whopping 89. He averaged 100 the rest of the way and 115 over the last 8 including the two finals. He was then a beast in 2023 and 2024 and awful again now that I own him.

Last time I remember owning Neale was 2021 when he also had a problem with the tag and averaged 99.8 for the season. He averaged 122.8, 110.4 and 119.9 the next three seasons before averaging 93 this year.

You want a reliable player broken, just get me to own them.